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drxfish · Sep-29-23 8:52AM

I got out for some shore fishing from around 7:30am-10:00am. Water has settled down and cleared some. Still some stain and some floating grass, but not bad.

I tried my first spot and was having trouble getting correct position and presentation due to logs and water being up my 12" boots. I managed 2 on the TRD with one around 14" chasing my lure down when I was reeling in to re-cast. I saw the wake and killed it and it put up a nice fight.

Second spot was more open and got bites immediately, but probably smaller fish, as they did not get the hook. Finally got this one to commit.

A few casts later, I got a better fish that fought hard.

I caught a little one that kept pecking on the worm and it ended up being gut hooked. A little while later, I hooked this one.

The fish were fighting super hard. I caught another decent fish right after that one, but it got away from me as I was trying to rinse it off. Maybe 14.5". Bite died after that. Nice morning out with 6 total caught.

Ernie · Sep-29-23 2:20PM

drxfish wrote:
Nice morning out with 6 total caught.

Most excellent!

drxfish wrote:
Bite died after that.

Did it really? Or was it time to go when it got slow? This topic comes up often. Even today. We were about to leave a spot because we were sure the bites had stopped and then...I got a hit!

I was telling John K. that it would have been a fun experiment to reverse the course of an area we tried with very little success. We didn't BTW. But ya never know when that bite comes back!

drxfish · Sep-29-23 2:49PM

That spot is not my first choice. It does have a rocky hump and my early casts almost always get bit. Mostly smaller fish, but if I cast out deeper, I get better bites. Fish will cycle through there, but they do seem to shut down or move after I hook or catch a couple. It is an easy spot to fish from. Can't wait until our trip next week!

Oubassman · Oct-05-23 5:58PM

Nicely done with catching 6 in a few hours

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#1 Sep-29-23 8:52AM

Gray Morning 9/29/23

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